EMOTIONAL TIES TV presenter Michaela Strachan on dancing droughts and her really wild life in Cape Town - YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Sign in Welcome!Log into your account Forgot your password? Password recovery Recover your password Search Sign in Welcome! Log into your account Forgot your password? Get help Password recovery Recover your password A password will be e-mailed to you. YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Home Celebrity EMOTIONAL TIES TV presenter Michaela Strachan on dancing droughts and her really wild life in Cape Town By You Magazine - May 13, 2018 TV presenter Michaela Strachan shares her most treasured items, from water dispensers to dancing shoes… Charlie Shoemaker Charlie Shoemaker My son Ollie, 12, lives and breathes cricket so I’ve become an active cricket mother. I’m so proud of him. My parents supported my passion for dance so I’ll support him, too, even if he never does it as a career. I can’t imagine life without him – he’s so easygoing and a brilliant travel companion. Charlie Shoemaker I bought this carved wooden giraffe as a souvenir of a trip to South Africa for The Really Wild Show about 20 years ago. He’s back where he began in Cape Town, as that’s where I live now. I don’t buy anything any more as i want to declutter, but I’ll never get rid of this. Charlie Shoemaker The painting of a tiger was bought from a charity project in India where we were once filming The Really Wild Show. It’s a daily reminder of our precious wildlife and how close we are to losing it. Charlie Shoemaker This dispenser in the kitchen is filled with spring water that we have to queue to get from the public tap. Cape Town is in the grip of a devastating drought – we’re limited to 50 litres of water per person per day – so it’s become a part of daily life to respect it. Getty I live behind Table Mountain National Park. Walking there with my dog Rio has become my solace. It’s also where I met my husband Nick. I was in Cape Town and a friend introduced us. After a long walk up the mountain together, a bottle of wine at the top and a cable car down, I knew he was the one. Charlie Shoemaker I recorded ‘Take Good Care Of My Heart’ and ‘Happy Radio’ in the late 1980’s. I hosted music shows such as The Hitman and Her and lived with a musician. We had a recording studio in our house so it seemed like a good idea. My life has been full of opportunities. Charlie Shoemaker This wall houses thousands of videos, DVD’s and photo albums of all the shows I’ve done from working as a children’s presenter in the 80’s to The Really Wild Show, Countryfile and Springwatch. I feel nostalgic looking at them. Charlie Shoemaker My backpack has been all over the world and helped me hone my packing skills. Filming wildlife gave me a hunger for travel, but it will always be the amazing spirit of the people dedicated to saving animals that stays with me most. Charlie Shoemaker These were my first pairs of tap and ballet shoes for performing and competing as a child. I still dance a little now. I like getting lost in the emotion of it. Michaela presents Springwatch, which returns to BBC Two on Monday to Thursday between 28 May and 14 June. She appears in the Walking with Dinosaurs show, which will tour the UK from 20 July. Visit dinosaurlive.com/tickets. Interview by Fiona McCarthy RELATED ARTICLESMORE FROM AUTHOR 50 of the best celebrity Halloween costumes of all time Shirley Ballas ‘ Strictly gave me back my hope’ Davina McCall discusses how men can help women going through the menopause Popular in Celebrity TV chef Gino D Acampo on Sardinia Sophia Loren and scary salads May 25, 2017 The Evergreen Goddess Exercise guru Diana Moran on looking fit and July 10, 2017 More more Julianne Moore November 13, 2017 Author Jill Mansell on designer notebooks commissioning art and the family January 16, 2018 EMOTIONAL TIES Kelly Hoppen on vodka vintage finds and being a April 4, 2018 ‘ I have no regrets’ Millie Mackintosh on divorce debt and reuniting May 20, 2018 EMOTIONAL TIES TV presenter and tennis player Annabel Croft shares her July 1, 2018 Stella Parton ‘ Dolly and I have always been close’ August 12, 2018 Anna Friel on getting jeered in the street shared parenting with September 23, 2018 Queen of primetime Charlotte Riley on juggling rising stardom with pregnancy October 21, 2018 Popular CategoriesFood2704Life2496Fashion2240Beauty1738Celebrity1261Interiors684 Sign up for YOUMail Thanks for subscribing Please check your email to confirm (If you don't see the email, check the spam box) Fashion Beauty Celebrity Life Food Privacy & Cookies T&C Copyright 2022 - YOU Magazine. All Rights Reserved